During the conflict between the Ukraine and Russia, water systems for the city of Donetsk are damaged. The Donbas Water Company stops three pumping station from bringing water to the Siversky Donets-Donbas channel due to damages from the conflict.
British Royal Air Force bomb dams on the Möhne, Sorpe, and Eder Rivers, Germany (May 16 and 17). Möhne Dam breech kills 1,200, destroys all downstream dams for 50 km. The flood that occurs after breaking the Eder dam reachs a peak discharge of 8,500 m³/s, which is nine times higher than the highest flood observed. Many houses and bridges are destroyed, and 68 are killed.
Uzbekistan cuts natural gas deliveries to Tajikistan in retaliation over a Tajik hydroelectric dam which Uzbeks say will disrupt water supplies. Gas flows resumed after a new contract is signed.
Al-Shabaab militants destroy an important water well that had been drilled by the Kenyan army in the town of Lafey, Mandera County, leaving hundreds of residents without water.
The Weathermen, a group opposed to American imperialism and the Vietnam War, allegedly attempts to obtain biological agents to contaminate the water supply systems of US urban centers.
Employees of the private company Assam Rifles are escorting a water tanker near the Manipur-Myanmar border when they are attacked with a remotely-detonated bomb. No one is reported injured, however the water tanker is damaged.
Islamic State (IS) militants attack the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River in Syria. The attack is repelled with airstrikes. The following day a similar attack occurs during which at least 14 IS militants are killed.
Clashes continue between pastoralists and farmers over access to water and grazing lands in the face of severe drought. Water shortages have forced the herders to move to farmers’ land for grazing, leading to clashes.
A water pumping station is attacked by the Islamic State (IS) in Deir ez-Zor, Syria as part of numerous attacks that leave hundreds of people dead, including Syrian soldiers, IS militia, and civilians.
Dozens of protestors are arrested and restrained, sometimes with violent tactics, as they physically resist the construction of a major oil pipeline. The protestors argue that the pipeline is proceeding illegally and that it threatens their water supplies as well as other resources that are vital to their way of life.